The echoing shore (1931)

John Edgar Platt

colour woodcut, in grey, blue, green and black

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Semi-nude woman seated listening to seashell, scarf and two shells in lap. 1931 Colour woodcut, predominantly in red, green, blue, grey and black. Signed and titled.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

29.4 x 24.2 cm

Accession Number:

1934,1208.119

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1934

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1934

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Female

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